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This undated, secret Central Intelligence Agency debriefing memo to the Chief, CSOB, records the life story of Clevland O. Hahn, a Latvian born in 1919. It covers his family and pre-war life, the Soviet and German occupations of Latvia, his anti-communist resistance group at the Jelgava Academy, and his post-war activities in Sweden. An appendix gives numbered biographic notes on Latvian emigres, intelligence figures and police officers. The document contains no UFO material.

  • p. 1 …his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to anyone' in -1,such detail and…
  • p. 4 …eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From…
  • p. 9 …of freedom, and a person who had never talked that way before. Hahn, who realized the…
  • p. 10 …such articles should never be written and that-the way that . • Hahn hat eipressed"Iiinieelfwaf -triiite…
  • p. 13 …nationalistly motivated group and would no doubt never fight for the Communists! Since Valdemars frequently travelled…
  • p. 20 …Category C - Those persons who wished to join this organi- zation but who had never been…
  • p. 23 …This statement coincides with the truth : , never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while…
  • p. 35 …4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the…
  • p. 51 …opnOrtUtity•te - '.fleejo-Seeden...,MitrevicsMhd..jiad really.,never.Stopped'his.actiiitiSpt -.-,WaS-:.aceepted;:,,eventhough he too…
  • p. 61 …Hahn was requested to reply by indorsement which he promised to do but which he never…
  • p. 64 …He took along 20,000 rubles and has never been heard of since. On 15 May…
  • p. 68 …know, began to complain that the "Colonel" never appeared in person, and should make at least…
  • p. 75 …d never catch bum '0.n'3 Oct 1945 Iiedainie and DamamiS.Were arrested in the…
  • p. 77 …he was having built, the cut-outs never returned. Hahn clamis that the reason they were…
  • p. 84 …Obviously -Hahn never knew the contents of the messages received and sent in this fashion; but…
  • p. 85 …Svikis, (whoa H terms very ambitious), for this as well as personal reasons, never revealed any…
  • p. 86 …SVANTESSON was and convicted on a charge of misappropriation of funds, as he never admitted his…
  • p. 87 …Later Zarins informed Hahn that he had never received this report whereupon Hahn sent him another…
  • p. 93 …Hahn claims that he never oceived the debriefing of these;he does not know whether Ginters…
  • p. 94 …Lukins:never -nantiOned either of,these.names to fialliSteinto,4spoks of only ono. Now •%k
  • p. 99 …TILBURY) never had been, is not now, and will never be Ale to procure recurits for…
  • p. 102 …This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn…
  • p. 104 …which would be'completeLi divorced from and never revealed to the Swedes and/or TILBURY. At…
  • p. 109 …SKOBE further mentioned that the DS will never fully understand Latvia
  • p. 113 …Nevertheless, Hahn stated that because of political differences they would never be able to come to…
  • p. 116 …Arrested by the .NKOD and was never heard from. 9. ValdemarXetersons Member of Hahn f s…
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. this underground movement.
Also in the end of 1942 Mg it could clearly be seen that the German authorities
opposed and were striving to destroy all Latvian nationalism and any of its organizations
71 supporters by ot first beginting to arrest some members of aikards group as will
ishel ' netlalistlbrganization Tautas Balsa (Voice of the People), whose chief was. . _
fna au als (of this organization the Germans arrested) its leader and sope 200 members).
Shortly thereafter they also arrestec(lst Lt '.;.:Part4.7s and Arturs. Neparts, who
. . were both accused of spying for the British.
(16) In the very end of 1942 an article appeared in Rahn!s. covert bi-Weekly
mammary describing Celmins' activities in Berlin prior to the outbreak - of the war.
Celmins, who was very perturbed about this article since it described him as having had
a good time and led a soft life rather than concern himself with pressing national,.
problems, requested that Mitrevics reveal the source thertf. Mitrevics refused to
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.,' reveal, such information because it had been clearly understood before, that the work' of
thejiikard group, and the organization Perkonlausts were two separate, divorced matter
.. Whereupon :Mitrevics was expelled from the organization by CeImins: This act caused:
liahn,.. Teodoro Jansons, and Dzems R.....:dzins to hand in their resignations from the
:Terkonkrusts, which were however, not accepted by Celmins.
At this same time a disagreement arose between Rikards and Greble, the reasorr.
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it being that the German authorities had requested that approXimatel y 20 members.of
. .the-Rikard group be assigned to anti-Communist activities in Russia. Greble oppose ,. 'this'
:Oa :because he felt that no 'Latvian should, leave homeland,, and therefore he, and .
apprexiMateirten.of his friends and supporters, : quit the organization.. With GrebleIS
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40arini.e and With the rift between'Rikard and Celmins, Mitrevics . bedame. one of the:leaci,
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nat.Rikaivla began to realize.the - need for a new nationalistic basis to his work.and'.
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.personaliftee in the organization and was able to influence Rikarda to the. extent

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